South African PGA Championship

Template:Short description Template:Use South African English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Template:Template other The South African PGA Championship is one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. It has most recently been played in September, with a prize fund of Template:Currency. It is currently held at St Francis Links in St Francis Bay.

History

The current South African PGA Championship was founded in 1965, largely thanks to Gary Player and Brian Henning. The inaugural event was held in February 1965 and was won by Harold Henning who beat Player by 3 strokes.

New sponsors in 1972 gave the championship a home at The Wanderers Golf Club where it remained until 1995, when it became the first tournament in South Africa to be co-sanctioned by the European Tour. The following year Alfred Dunhill took over from Lexington as title sponsors, breaking a 23-year association with the PGA.

Following the 1999 event, Dunhill decided to end their association with the South African PGA and create their own tournament, the Alfred Dunhill Championship, which also replaced the PGA Championship on the European calendar. As a result, there was no PGA Championship held in 2000, but the tournament returned to the Sunshine Tour the following year with a new sponsor. It is one of the richest sole-sanctioned events on the Sunshine Tour.

The South African PGA Championship, along with the South African Open and the South African Masters formed the Triple Crown of South African golf. Winning all three titles in the same season is a feat only achieved by Bobby Locke, Gary Player and Ernie Els.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)Template:Efn	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
PGA Championship
2024	AFR	Template:Flagicon Pieter Moolman	273	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Barend Botha
2023	AFR	Template:Flagicon Rupert Kaminski	280	−8	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Matthew Spacey
2022	AFR	Template:Flagicon George Coetzee (2)	273	−15	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Casey Jarvis
2021	AFR	Template:Flagicon Dean Burmester	271	−17	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Pieter Moolman
Eye of Africa PGA Championship
2020	AFR	Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt	268	−20	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Matías Calderón
2019	AFR	Template:Flagicon Louis de Jager	276	−12	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Trevor Fisher Jnr
2018	AFR	Template:Flagicon Matías Calderón	271	−17	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Combrinck Smit
2017	AFR	Template:Flagicon Erik van Rooyen	272	−16	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Dylan Frittelli Template:Flagicon Makhetha Mazibuko
2016	AFR	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl (3)	268	−20	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Dean Burmester
Telkom Business PGA Championship
2015: No tournament
2014	AFR	Template:Flagicon Titch Moore	273	−15	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Ulrich van den Berg
Telkom PGA Championship
2013	AFR	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl (2)	268	−20	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Dylan Frittelli
2012	AFR	Template:Flagicon Keith Horne	269	−19	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jaco Ahlers Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt Template:Flagicon Alex Haindl
2011	AFR	Template:Flagicon George Coetzee	261	−27	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Neil Schietekat
2010	AFR	Template:Flagicon Michiel Bothma (2)	268	−20	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon George Coetzee
2009	AFR	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl	270	−18	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Graham DeLaet Template:Flagicon Trevor Fisher Jnr
2008	AFR	Template:Flagicon Louis Oosthuizen (2)	260	−28	14 strokes	Template:Flagicon Hennie Otto
2007	AFR	Template:Flagicon Louis Oosthuizen	266	−22	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne
2006	AFR	Template:Flagicon Grégory Bourdy	267	−21	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Thomas Aiken
2005	AFR	Template:Flagicon Warren Abery	273	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl
2004	AFR	Template:Flagicon Warrick Druian	267	−21	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Michiel Bothma Template:Flagicon Mark Murless
2003: No tournament
2002 (Dec)	AFR	Template:Flagicon Michiel Bothma	273	−15	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Mark Murless
2002 (Jan)	AFR	Template:Flagicon Chris Williams (2)	271	−17	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Hennie Otto
South African PGA Championship
2001	AFR	Template:Flagicon Deane Pappas	269	−19	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Don Gammon
2000: No tournament
Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship
1999	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els (3)	273	−15	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Richard Kaplan
1998	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Tony Johnstone (2)	271	−17	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els
1997	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Nick Price	269	−19	Playoff	Template:Flagicon David Frost
1996	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Sven Strüver	202Template:Efn	−14	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els Template:Flagicon David Feherty
Lexington South African PGA Championship
1995	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els (2)	271	−9	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Roger Wessels
Lexington PGA Championship
1994	AFR	Template:Flagicon David Frost	259	−21	7 strokes	Template:Flagicon Nick Price
1993	AFR	Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty	265	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon John Bland Template:Flagicon David Frost Template:Flagicon Nick Price Template:Flagicon Wayne Westner
1992	AFR	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els	271	−9	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Ian Palmer Template:Flagicon Kevin Stone Template:Flagicon Wayne Westner
1991	AFR	Template:Flagicon Roger Wessels	271	−9	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Mark James Template:Flagicon Hugh Royer III
1990	AFR	Template:Flagicon Fulton Allem (2)	266	−14	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Chris Davison
1989	AFR	Template:Flagicon Tony Johnstone	269	−11	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Chris Williams
1988	AFR	Template:Flagicon David Feherty	267	−13	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Eamonn Darcy
1987	AFR	Template:Flagicon Fulton Allem	268	−12	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi
1986	AFR	Template:Flagicon Bobby Cole	265	−15	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon David Frost Template:Flagicon Teddy Webber
1985	AFR	Template:Flagicon Chris Williams	272	−8	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty Template:Flagicon Jay Townsend Template:Flagicon Denis Watson
1984	AFR	Template:Flagicon Gavan Levenson	271	−9	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Nick Price
1983	AFR	Template:Flagicon Corey Pavin	270	−10	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Nick Price
1982	AFR	Template:Flagicon Gary Player (3)	272	−8	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Gordon Brand Jnr Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty Template:Flagicon Bill Rogers
1981: No tournament
1980	AFR	Template:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi	268	−12	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty Template:Flagicon Gary Player
1979	AFR	Template:Flagicon Gary Player (2)	203Template:Efn	−7	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Bobby Cole Template:Flagicon Harold Henning Template:Flagicon Nick Price Template:Flagicon Denis Watson
1978	AFR	Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin	275	−9	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty Template:Flagicon Robbie Stewart
1977	AFR	Template:Flagicon John Bland	275	−5	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Gary Player
Sportsman Lager PGA Championship
1976	AFR	Template:Flagicon Dale Hayes (3)	266	−14	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Gary Player
Beck's PGA Championship
1975	AFR	Template:Flagicon Dale Hayes (2)	266	−14	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Allan Henning
1974	AFR	Template:Flagicon Dale Hayes	271	−9	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Gary Player
Luyt Lager PGA Championship
1973	AFR	Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf	273	−7	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Vin Baker
1972	AFR	Template:Flagicon Harold Henning (4)	279	−1	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi
1971 (Nov)	AFR	Template:Flagicon Tienie Britz (2)	280	−8	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Don Gammon Template:Flagicon Peter Oosterhuis
South African PGA Championship
1971 (Feb)		Template:Flagicon Tienie Britz	277			Template:Flagicon
1970		Template:Flagicon Denis Hutchinson	278			Template:Flagicon
1969		Template:Flagicon Gary Player	272			Template:Flagicon
1968: No tournament
1967		Template:Flagicon Harold Henning (3)	275			Template:Flagicon
1966		Template:Flagicon Harold Henning (2)	272			Template:Flagicon
1965		Template:Flagicon Harold Henning	281			Template:Flagicon

External links

• Coverage on the Sunshine Tour's official site
• Professional Golfers Association of South Africa – official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site (1995–1999)